News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-02-03
State Teachers Association.

The Vermont State Teachers Associ-
alton held its 31st annual meeting at
west Randolph, Jan. 81, 2S, and %.
The meetings were well attended from
the first, and an excellent spirit prevail
ed, spirit of inquiry, an earnest seek
ing after the better ways and better
things in education, and a sincere desire
to make use of whatever will give us
better schools and promote the educa
tional interests of the state.
The address of welcome was given
Thursday, A. NJ, by Rev. j. A. Pierce,
of West Randolph, and the response by
Prof. A. L. Hardy, the President of the
Association. 1.-The School Teacher
was considered by Prin. j. A. DeBoer of
Montpelier. In the afternoon Prin. w.
A. Robinson of Franklin, N. H., explain
ed his method of teaching Physics in
the high school, and Supt. J. J. Ran
dali, of Rutland, decribed the penny
banking system as carried on in the
schools of Rutland. This system hay
ing itssorigin in the Rutland schools is
now being adopted by many schools in
various parts of the country. Mrs. M.
A. Smith of Randolph gave an illustra-
tive Primary class exercise.
In the evening Rev. 7. p. Frost of
Montpelier, gave lecture on the I'm
FAINT of the Revolution" which had the
effect of producing an exuberance of pat
riotic spirit in the souls of all Vermont
ers and made all foreigners wish it had
been their fortune flor that night at
least to have been born in Vermont.
The first subject considered Friday
morning was EVIL Influences in Schools
and the Remedies" by Prin. A. H.
Campbell of Johnson. Miss Eva L..
Harrison of Montpelier, gave a paper
on Temperance Instruction in our
Schools" There was some discussion
on each of these topics.
In the afternoon Prof. J. H. Sharland,
| supervisor of music in Boston, told us
how to teach music in the public schools
and illustrated his method with class
of beginners. Hon. T. w. Bicknell, of
Boston, considered the matter of Teach
ers' Reading and Reading Circles. Miss
Angelina Brooks of New Haven, Conn.,,
read paper on the Kindergarten Work
in the Public Schools.
Hon. J. w. Patterson, Supt of Public
Instruction in n. H, gave the evening
lecture; subject, 1.-THE Glaciers and
Walks among the Alps"
On Saturday after the business ses-
sion, Educational Works and their
Uses" was considered by Miss Angie
NJ. Burns of Burlington. Prin. Eliza
beth Colley of Waterbury had paper
on Moral Instruction in Education y
which topic was discussed by Prof. w.
A. Deering of Burlington, Prin. DeBoer,
and Rev. J. A. Pierce.
Prof. w. E. Sheldon, editor of the
American Teacher, gave an interesting
talk on Libraries, Lyceums, and other
educating influences; he also gave some
account of the great convention of teach
ers to be held in Chicago next July
under the auspices of the National
Association of Teachers, of which he is
the President.
A State Teachers Reading Circle was
organized and County Directors chosen
to look after the reading interests OF
teachers in the various counties of the
State. The Association is a branch of
the Chautauquan Teachers Reading
Union, and, without doubt, is destined
to have an important influence in ele-
waiting the work done in the schools OF
Vermont. No teacher in the State can
afford to lose this opportunity of better
fitting themselves for their work
Teachers of Lamoille County can obtain
circulars and further information
by inquiring of Prin. A. III. Campbell,
Johnson, County Director of c. T. r.
| u.
While a good number of teachers were
in attendance at this meeting, which
was considered by many as one of the
most interesting and profitable conven-
lions held by the Association, there is
no doubt that many more could and
should have been present. 1t is good fol
teachers to meet each other to inter
change views and learn what others are
doing. to advance in the work and gel
out of the ruts into which teachers droI
when left alone to themselves.
1t is to be hoped that, at the Ameri
can Teachers Institute which meets al
Burlington next July, the Vermont
teachers may be numbered by thousand:
instead of scores, and that Lamoillt
County may be represented by more
teachers than the